The fourth song in the stage musical “Death Becomes Her”. Helen Sharp and her fiance, Ernest Menville, meet Helen’s longtime frenemy, Madeline Ashton, after seeing her perform her stage show “Me, Me, Me” (as show in track two, “For the Gaze”).
Madeline is sexually suggestive towards Ernest througho...
[MADELINE]
So tell me, Ernest, what would you do to me? Aesthetically?
A lift, a tuck, a freeze, a suck, some filler in the chin?
[ERNEST, spoken]
Oh, goodness, no
[MADELINE]
No, really, tell me, Ernest, if you had your way with me
Medically, are we talking face, chest, thighs, breasts?
Oh, God, I don't know where to begin
What about this vein on my leg?
I stressed it out from doing squats on the reg
Do you have time on Tuesday to squeeze me in?
[HELEN, spoken]
I told you, Ernest doesn't really do that
[ERNEST, spoken]
But she's a friend, Tuesday's doable
[MADELINE, spoken]
Mm, doable, huh?
[MADELINE]
So, tell me, Ernest, how much have you seen of me, cinematically?
The roms, the coms, the rom-coms, the dramas, the dramedies
[HELEN]
The straight-to-DVDs
[MADELINE]
No, really, Ernest, how often have you watched me?
[ERNEST, spoken]
Uh, sporadically?
[HELEN, spoken]
What?
[ERNEST]
I really liked the one where you were fighting with a sword
[MADELINE]
Oh, Thrust!
[HELEN, spoken]
That was her first Razzie award
[MADELINE]
You know I did all my own stunts
I only injured all of my co-stars once
Now swordplay foreplay's one of my specialties
We need another bottle
I must be boring you senseless
I'm just so thrilled that you both are here
Treat her well, I haven't seen Hel this happy in years
[ERNEST]
Well, hear, hear
[HELEN]
Thank you, Mad, so sincere
[MADELINE, HELEN & ERNEST]
Cheers
I'm so glad we did this
[HELEN, spoken]
Well, this has been so much fun, but oh, gosh, look at the time
[MADELINE, spoken]
Oh, please, you don't have anywhere else to be
Our Helen, always worrying
[MADELINE, sung]
But tell me, Ernest
How's Helen in the sack?
[HELEN]
Mad!
[MADELINE]
Just curious
I've known this girl for twenty years
And never have I ever heard her make a uh-uh-woah
[HELEN, spoken]
Hey!
[MADELINE]
Oh, lighten up, Ernest!
[HELEN, spoken]
We should be heading back
[MADELINE]
Uh-oh, she's furious
Come on, Hel
You know I'm just having fun
Ooh, we've only begun
A toast to friends for life
That's right, you're stuck with me, Ernie
Thank your wife
[HELEN]
Well, it's been fun, but we gotta go
I think I'm done, gonna hit the road
[MADELINE]
I must be boring you senseless
[HELEN]
Oh, we must be bored
[MADELINE & HELEN]
I feel so thrilled that you both are here (We're out of here)
[MADELINE & HELEN]
We should do this again
[MADELINE]
How's next week?
[HELEN]
How's next year?
[MADELINE, HELEN & ERNEST]
Cheers, cheers
[MADELINE]
I'm so glad
[ERNEST]
So glad
[HELEN]
So fucking glad
[MADELINE, HELEN & ERNEST]
We did this
Tell Me, Ernest was written by Julia Mattison & Noel Carey.
Tell Me, Ernest was produced by Julia Mattison & Noel Carey & Scott M. Riesett & Sean Patrick Flahaven.
Megan-hilty released Tell Me, Ernest on Thu Nov 21 2024.